ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- A grand, brave and surprising novel. Combining typically Australian 'laugh out loud' humour (without being cliche'd), rollicking adventure and tenderness. This heartwarming tale is for anyone who has a father who requires being parented and who you roll your eyes at, at least twice a day. Meg
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The fact is, the whole of Australia despises my father more than any other man, just as they adore my uncle more than any other man. I might as well set the story straight about both of them. Heroes or criminals? Crackpots or visionaries? Relatives or enemies? It's a simple family story.. From the New South Wales bush to bohemian Paris, from sports fields to strip clubs, from the jungles of Thailand to a leaky boat in the Pacific, A Fraction of the Whole follows the Deans on their freewheeling, scathingly funny and finally deepy moving quest to leave their mark on the world.
By:
Steve Toltz Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 42mm
Weight: 578g ISBN:9780143009528 ISBN 10: 0143009524 Pages: 720 Publication Date:06 October 2008 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Short-listed for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2009
Short-listed for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009
Short-listed for NSW Premier's Literary Award Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2009
Shortlisted for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2009.
Shortlisted for Guardian First Book Award 2008.
Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008.
Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009.
Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2009.
